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Reuse and Metrics

Posted May 5, 1998 | Leadership | Amplify | Amplify | Amplify | Amplify

As reuse programs gain steam and application development units utilize increasing proportions of reusable components, their total productivity indexes (PIs) will increase. If they don't increase, something is wrong with the reuse program -- it is a signal to look into a problem. That is one of the functions of metrics. "Working PIs," reflecting an application unit's effectiveness in developing new code, serve the same function as management metrics have all along.

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